Thoothukudi (TN), March 12: Police personnel opened fired on an absconding accused here and another man at Pattukkottai in connection with a separate murder case, police said.
In Thoothukudi, based on a tip-off that the key accused in the recent murder of an advocate was hiding at a spot here, a special team of police personnel launched a search.
When the team tried to arrest him, the accused Jayaprakash assaulted two policemen — a sub-inspector and a constable — and tried to escape from there.
Swiftly, the police team opened fired and subdued and arrested him, Thoothukudi district police superintendent L Balaji Saravanan told reporters here.
The accused sustained injuries to his leg.
The two police personnel and Jayaprakash are being treated in a hospital. (PTI)
